HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Mechanicsville man was found guilty of two charges in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash on I-295 south last year.
31-year-old Dwayne Gray Miller Jr. was found guilty of reckless DUI manslaughter and failure to stop at the scene of an accident/felony death after he struck and killed 22-year-old Jason E. Bailey on the right shoulder of I-295 on May 1, 2014. Bailey, who drove a wrecker, was on the side of 295 assisting a family whose vehicle had broken down there.
Bailey was standing on the traffic-side of the wrecker when a southbound 2012 Ford Explorer ran off the right side of the interstate. The Ford Explorer struck the wrecker and then Bailey. The Explorer spun around, overturned and crashed into a ditch approximately 50 feet in front of the wrecker.
The driver of the Explorer, Miller, fled the scene on foot into the woods. Based on witness statements, troopers located the subject and took him into custody without incident. Witnesses said that troopers found Miller and took him into custody without incident.
Miller is set to be sentenced on January 25.
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